Wos Speaks

Big Wos is in San Fran for The NBA Finals and Nando is on the move but the fellas had to touch on a few hot topics this week. We open the show talking guns, gun control and the dilemma of mass shootings going on the in the country. We close the show on a lighter note talking about the Johnny Depp Amber Heard case. Did Heard just bankrupt herself? WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: Youtube.com/countthe...

Nando is OOO so Big Wos is joined by Justin Fenton of the Baltimore Banner and author or We Own This City (yes, the same We Own This City that is airing on HBO Max right now). Justin talks about being a reporter in the Baltimore area for 17+ years on the crime beat and how its evolved over the years Justin Fenton: https://twitter.com/justin_fenton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....

Big Wos and Nando Vila are back to talk the latest in politics and culture. The fellas lead the show with the latest on Roe v Wade and abortion policy. Is what the Dems are currently doing too little too late? Just trying to save face? Impersonate representation? We then go into Chet Hanks interview by Ziwe that aired on Showtime. Is it a big deal that Chet likes to try and speak patios? Should bl...

Big Wos and Nando Vila are joined by journalist Jay Caspian Kang of the New York Times. They touch Roe v Wade, Jay's recent NYT's opinion pieces about elites monopolizing empathy and his book The Loneliest Americans Jay: https://twitter.com/jaycaspiankang The Loneliest Americans: https://www.amazon.com/Loneliest-Americans-Jay-Caspian-Kang/dp/0525576223 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...

Big Wos and Nando Vila open the show talking about Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter. How big of an effect will this have on the platform? Would Twitter have been better off if someone else bought it? The fellas close the show talking about the Biden administration and their latest stance on student loan debt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nando is in his homeland of Spain so Big Wos is joined by the fantastic writer Ethan Strauss to talk about his recent piece "Marck Cuban, Shark Who Must Constantly Move". Ethan talks about other NBA owners being jealous of Mark, his alleged business acumen, his similarities with Donald Trump and much more. Fun and fascinating on Mark and the Dallas Mavericks. Marck Cuban, Shark Who Must Constantly...

Big Wos & Nando Vila talk about Elon Musk's attempt to take over Twitter. What's the real play here? Is he just too rich and bored? The fellas close the show talking about a Black backed real estate project in New York City called Affirmation Tower. True inclusion or nonsense? AD Affirmation tower article: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/affirmation-tower-adjaye-peebles Learn more about...

Nando Villa is back! He joins Big Wos to talk about the huge union win the workers of Amazon recently had in Staten Island. Joe Biden hopped on the mic to talk labor and did not disappoint. The fellas close the show talking about Jerrod Carmichael's new comedy special on HBO Max. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nando Vila is still out on assignment so Big Wos is joined by Pascal Robert of the This is Revolution podcast. Pascal breaks down the history of the Black Elites and the history of their politics, ideas and nationalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Nando out on assignment, Big Wos is joined by guest host Ben Burgis to talk about the decline of Conservatism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Big Wos and Nando are back talking about the latest in politics. The fellas cover off on three things in this episode of the Woke Bros. Joe Manchin blocking a Federal Reserve appointee from Joe Biden, Biden's success with the court system on all levels and the guys close the show reacting to a press briefing compilation on the USA's stance on Russia vs Ukraine. Is the media Blood Thirsty? Learn mo...

Big Wos & Nando Vila are happy to be back on the mic. The fellas use the entire episode to talk about the war going on between Russia and the Ukraine. Big love to Big Wos! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Big Wos and Nando Vila are back to talking about Super Bowl Ads, Russia & Ukraine conflict and Hilary Clinton dropped some heat!? The fellas open the show talking about the impact of Super Bowl ads, the Halftime show and crypto's big appearance. We then move over to the Russian/Ukraine conflict. Why does the US always feel the need to get involved in conflicts around the world? Wos and Nando could...

Big Wos and Nando Vila are back to breaking down the latest in news and politics. The fellas open the show talking about Nancy Pelosi and wanting to ban trading via the stock exchange for elected officials. The fellas close the show talking about the Starbucks using "Sneaky Tactics" to get the ball rolling on unionization. WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: Youtube.com/countthedings1 Produced by Sean...

Big Wos and Nando Vila aka Woke Bros are back talking the latest in politics. Whoopi Goldberg recently made some controversial comments on race and the Holocaust that got her suspended from her seat at The View. Ms. Goldberg said the Holocaust was about “man’s inhumanity to man” and “not about race.” Wos & Nando give their thoughts. The fellas close the show with the latest drama in the NFL; the B...

Big Wos & Nando Vila are back with your weekly dose of political banter. The show opens with the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. What's the blowback? How does this change the power dynamic? Who fills the seat? The Woke Bros then shift the conversation to jobs. The headlines portray that Americans are quitting their jobs in droves with a smile on their face but is there more to...

Big Wos and Nando Vila are joined by professor and host of the American Prestige podcast Daniel Bessner. They touch on the US sanctions in Afghanistan but open the show digging into the atrocities of the Drone War. The fellas talk about a recent New York Times story about a drone attack killing 10 innocent kids and other attacks that have been simply forgotten about. Bessner sheds some light on th...

Big Wos & Nando Vila have a scintillating conversation with Pascal Robert. Pascal is a contributor to the Black Agenda Report, Newsweek & is the co-host of the This Is Revolution podcast. Pascal gives amazing insight on Haitian history and how Haiti today is still being shaped by its very layered past. Pascal Robert: https://twitter.com/probert06 WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: Youtube.com/countthe...

Big Wos and Nando Vila are back with a 2022 edition of the Woke Bros! The fellas talk about the insane story of Theranos and the guilty verdicts coming down on its founder Elizabeth Holmes. Is she going to jail? But first, its the 1 year anniversary of the Capital Riots. Why is the main stream media so obsessed? What did we learn? Time Stamps Capital Riots Anniversary (start) Elizabeth Holmes (17:...

The Woke Bros team covered a bunch of different political topics in 2021 but our interview with Noah Kulwin of the Blowback podcast was one of our favorites so we had to run it back! Enjoy this "Best of" edition of The Woke Bros. Happy New Year! Big Wos and Nando Vila welcome journalist Noah Kulwin and dive head first into what’s happening between Israel and Palestine. Noah breaks down the latest...

Big Wos and Nando Vila are back with another episode and of course open the show ripping on the Dems. "They did it" The Democrats came out and confirmed they are shelving the Build Back Better Plan to focus on voting rights. But why? The fellas break it down The back half of the show is an interview with Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Craig Greiwe. He goes through his vision for LA and why he's the...

While Nando is on assignment in Mexico City Big Wos is joined by Assistant Professor in Economics from McGill University Fernando Saltiel. Fernando sheds some light on the current economic situation in the US with Joe Biden in the White House and focuses on the hot topic of inflation WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: Youtube.com/countthedings1 Produced by Sean Little - https://twitter.com/NoKetchupPo...

Big Wos & Nando Vila are back catching up after the Thanksgiving holiday. The fellas touch on Barack Obama’s $100M dollar donation from Jeff Bezos for the Obama Foundation. Is this a little fishy? But first, Joe Biden spends the holiday weekend with The Carlyle group hedge fund power player David Rubenstein. Lastly, in Big Wos and Nando fashion they tie all the story lines together and find the pa...

Big Wos & Nando Vila are back and are joined by writer Tashan Reed. Reed recently did a piece for Jacobin Magazine on Tupac's mother Afeni Shakur. He joins the show to shed some light on an amazing story not many know about. "When she died, Afeni Shakur was widely known as the mother of a charismatic superstar: Tupac Shakur. Before then, though, she defended herself while pregnant with Tupac in th...

Big Wos & Nando Vila are back talking about the Dems and what moves swing voters. An experimental study, the first of its kind, from Jacobin, YouGov, and the Center for Working-Class Politics offers a new and powerful perspective on working-class political views. WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: Youtube.com/countthedings1 Produced by Sean Little - https://twitter.com/NoKetchupPod Sign up for The Ath...